Trees

Sometimes that's how seeding content goes. Most content in the beginning, is recycled and posted in mass. Even though it's been out there, you've consolidated/ curated the content. That then draws in new users. Eventually, the goal is that they post their own content.

We're all just trying to get the ball rolling without spamming.

If someone puts care into collecting/ curating their content, there's is a good chance they're using an automated posting script (usually python). I wouldn't hold it against them, though. Even if you're making you're own content, you can build a cache of content and then automate the posts. You just have to worry about topical/ current events.

I used to make content based on Planetside 2 (for ps4) that was semi successful. I never wanted to make money, and I spent a lot of my own. I even caused the old sub reddit to flourish (I even made charts, they're on /r/ps4planetside2).

Long story short, though, it's people who want to create a community.